Two suspects were arrested Saturday, Oct. 9, for breaking into a Supply business.

According to Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. April Stanley, two suspects forced their way into Beach Realty, 3247 Holden Beach Road, Supply, between the evening of Friday, Oct. 8, and Saturday, Oct. 9.

About $150 worth of property was damaged and another $500 worth of property was stolen from the business, Stanley said.

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver’s license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.
The ACE team works with the sheriff’s office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.

Brunswick County voters may have one additional choice on the November ballot they would not have otherwise had for county commissioner because of a write-in candidate.

David “Reggie” Hewett of Supply has garnered more than the 100 required signatures needed to run as a write-in candidate, Sarah Ashcraft, deputy director for the Brunswick County Board of Elections, said.

Hewett declared his intentions to seek the write-in candidacy on July 12. There will be a write-in line on the ballot for the District 2 county commissioners seat, Ashcraft said.

SUNSET BEACH—The town is reviewing a proposed open-space amendment after it was tabled Oct. 4 by Sunset Beach Town Council, a town official said last week.

Jeff Curtis, chief building inspector for the town, said at an Oct. 7 town planning board meeting that he, along with town attorney Mike Isenberg and planning board chairman Bill McDonald, are “working on making the section clear” regarding open space for golf courses.

On the agenda during the town’s monthly meeting, commissioners were presented with a $7,100 funding request for capital expenses from the museum foundation. Tom Deacon, interim executive director, said three heat pumps have failed within the past six months and need to be replaced.